Seed-harvester.



T. B. WATSON & J. J.;BRASINGTON.

SEED HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. I916.

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trrnna B. wa'lson AND JOHN nnasine'rolv, or CHERAW, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SEED-HARVESTER.

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To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that we, TYLER B. WATSON and JOHN J. BRAsmo'roN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cheraw, in the,

county of Chesterfield and State ofSout-h Carolina, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements n- Seed-I-Iarvesters, of

. which the following is a specification, refering's.

enc e being had to the accompanying draw- This invention relates to eertain'improvements in seed harvesters and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with bur clovers ly- .ing upon the ground; and it is an object of the invention to provlde novel and improved means whereby the seed may be readily and convenientlycollected and whereby dirt or other foreign substances may be separated therefrom after being collected.

Furthermore it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device wherein suction means is employed for collecting the seed and wherein a collecting spout or head is employed which is capable of adjustment relative to the surface-wlth which the same coacts and whereby the area of the entrance opening of said head or spout may be varied in accordance wlth' the requirements of practice.

.The invention has for a still further object to provide a novel and improved device of this general character whereln the collecting head orspoutmay be vibrated in order to facilitate the collecting operaotherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as Will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the inventlon W111 hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will now proceed to i describe the same with referenceto the ac-. A ficompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a VIeW partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section of a smad Specification of. Letters Patent.

- harvester, constructed in accordance. with PatentedApr. 3, 1917.

Application filed. July 1916. Serial 1%. 169,528.

an embodnnent of our invention;

Fig 2 is a fragmentary View in front elevation of the lower portion of the collecting. or suction head as herein included; and

Fig. 3 is a. fragmentary sectional view taken substantlally-on the line 3-3 of'Fig. 1.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, F denotes a portable frame of any ordmary or preferred construction and has mounted thereon the housing II, theupper portlon of which being provided with a compartment A, the lower wall or bottom 1 of which being disposed upwardly and rear-wardly on a predetermined incline. The top 2' of the compartment A. is perforate for a purpose which will. hereinafter be more particularly referred to.

In communication with the lower portion.

of the compartment A is a spout 3 leading from the casing 4: of the suction fan 5.= In

requisite communication with the casing lis the' conduit 6 terminating in the depen'dfing portion 7 terminating below the frame F and with which is operatively engaged the suction head S. The head'S iscapable of vertical adjustment as is believed to be shown in the accompanying drawings-and is maintained in its various vertically adjusted positions in any conventional manner as indicated at 8. WVhen the surface over which the device travels is substantiallyflat the head S is adaptedto be adjusted so as to bring the entrance end thereof in close proximity to the surface, but when the surface is uneven the head S is adaptedto be adjusted up- I wardly a predetermined extent in. accordance with the necessities of practice. The. head S also comprises two comple'mental sec-' I tions 9. having their upper end portions pivotally connected, as at 10, to the lower portion of the head proper, so that the lower or entrance end of said head S may beenlarged or restricted as the requirements of,

practice may dictate, and the sectionsmay be held in theirrelative swinging adjust- .ments in any desired manner as indicated at'l'l.

The suction fan 5 as herein embodied is operatively engaged, as at 12, with a su1table source of power'hereindisc losed as a conventional inotor M, andfit Wlll be perserves to draw or ceivedthat said fan 5 eanne? comprising an inclose'd housing having its top perforate, an inclined bottom disposed within the housing, a conduit-leading from the lower portion of the bottom and terminating in a substantially vertically disposed portion, a suction fan interposed in said con- 'duit,a collecting head engaged with the vertically disposed portion of the conduit, a screening element positioned below the inelinedfioor, a straw carrier coacthigthere with, an apron interposed between the in clined floor and the straw carrier-and upon which said floor discharges, and a receptacle into which the screening element discharges. 6. A harvester of the character described comprising an inclosed housing having its topperforate, an inclined bottom disposed within the housing, a conduit leading from the lower portion of'the bottom and terminating ina substantially vertically disposed portion, a suction fan interposed in'said condu1t;-a collectnig head engaged with the versereening element positioned below thein- 'clined floor, a straw carrier 'coacting therewith, an apron interposed between the inclined floor and the straw carrier and upon which said floor discharges, a collecting hopper, and an apron disposed beneath the screening element and discharging in the PPQ In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix .o-u'r signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

TYLER B. WATSON.

v JOHN J. BRASINGTON.

\Vitnesses:

-J. M. BnA'srNeroN,

' S G. GODFREY.

tically disposed portion of the conduit, a 

